Size-selective dispersal of Daphnia resting eggs by backswimmers (Notonecta maculata)

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 494-496

  Van De Meutter, Frank ^a   Stoks, Robby ^a   De Meester, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Daphnia; Dispersal; Notonecta; Size selective; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DISPERSAL; EGG; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DAPHNIA; EGG; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NOTONECTA MACULATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

AVES; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; HEXAPODA; NOTONECTA; NOTONECTA MACULATA; NOTONECTIDAE;

EID: 51549088873     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0323     Document Type: Article

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